Texas A&M School of Law students, faculty, staff and friends celebrated student excellence and the school’s donors at the annual Barristers Society Donor and Scholarship Reception, held in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library on Sept. 19, 2013.

The reception recognizes alumni, friends, law firms, corporations and foundations that have made the generous gifts to the law school and, in so doing, make the scholarships possible.

After opening remarks from Interim Dean Aric Short, 3L David Lopez, a recipient of the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association Scholarship, spoke on behalf of all scholarship recipients and thanked donors for their support of the school and the students.

2L Larisa Maxwell received the Dallas Gay & Lesbian Bar Association Scholarship Award, and 3L Marlin Carter received the Jeff Kubes ’03 Memorial Scholarship, created by the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association and the Kubes family to honor the memory of their son who passed away in 2008.

Ann and Bill Greenhill, member of the Dean's Advisory Council, and their son Joe were in attendance and viewed the Special Collections Room which features memorabilia and articles from Bill’s father, former Texas State Supreme Court Chief Justice Joe Greenhill.  3L Liz Wiggins was awarded the Chief Justice Joe Greenhill Endowed Scholarship in April at the alumni and community sponsored Greenhill golf tournament.

Other 2013 scholarships at the Law School include the Alma and Ronnie Blackwell Scholarship awarded to Austin Siewart, the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation Scholarship awarded to Adam Swartz, the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association Scholarship also awarded to Carla Green, and the Dallas Women Lawyers Association Scholarship awarded to Stephanie Bagwell.